Ranked: Arctic Monkeys' Greatest Albums
"Like every fan, I of course have my opinions and take on the diversity of their sound through their career... The one thing we must…
Rough Trade Essential: Post-Punk
"We were not aware that punk was going to happen. We were aware that what we wanted to do was commit some act of violence…
Label Focus: Fat Possum
"We try to release the best stuff we can... I would rather be the label that first discovered an artist because it's important…
Shoplifting with Avalon Emerson
"I think it's the range of Arthur Russell's music. Also just the 'comfortableness.' The comfort of releasing things in…
Album of the Month - June 2023
Baxter Dury - I Thought I Was Better Than You Heavenly Baxter is back in business. An unflinching narrative embracing the multi-faceted meaning of life whilst…
Shoplifting with Blondshell
"This Yves Tumor album is a new one that came out this year. Zero skips. I think that with their albums, it's all…
Rough Trade Essential: Electronic
“…it might rely heavily on electronics, tapes. I can kind of envision one person with a lot of machines, tapes and electronics set up singing or…
Album of the Month - May 2023
Overmono - Good Lies XL The well-regarded brotherly duo dig deep into their library of sounds to present their much-awaited, fully realised full- length debut, an…
Label Focus: Fire Records
"As with the artists themselves, our sound is just a representation of our time in this universe, and we are not, and have never been,…
Shoplifting with Durand Jones
"I consider Dr. John to be like my godfather. I see him everywhere and I get signs and messages from him all over the place.…